Q1: In the poem for Anne Gregory, Anne Gregory's suggestion to dye her hair serves two main purposes. What are these? [CBSE Practice Set-2 2023]
Present your response this way: One purpose is ………….. Another purpose is ……………. .
View AnswerAns: One purpose is to gain genuine love by proposing that she can change her hair colour to make young men love her for her inner self, not just her yellow hair. Another purpose is to prove her point to the speaker who initially expressed doubt that anyone would love her for anything other than her external beauty.
Q2: . Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
But I can get a hair-dye
And set such colour there,
Brown, or black, or carrot,
That young men in despair
May love me for myself alone
And not my yellow hair.”
Select the sentence in which the word ‘set’ is used in the same manner as in line 2 of the extract. [CBSE SQP 2022]
(a) I want to set him up and get my work done this time.
(b) Do you have another set of the books that I can read?
(c) The dessert needs to set for two hours before being served.
(d) The set for the school play looked quite grand.
Ans: (c) The dessert needs to set for two hours before being served.
Q3: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follows: (2020)
"Never shall a young man,
Thrown into despair
By those great honey-coloured
Ramparts at your ear,
Love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.”
(a) The lady's hair is compared to _____.
(i) ramparts
(ii) ears
(iii) honey
(iv) despair
Ans: (i)
The poet uses the term "ramparts" to describe the lady’s hair, suggesting that it forms a kind of protective barrier or attraction, like walls of a fortress, around her.
(b) The young man has fallen in love with the lady for her _____.
(i) wealth
(ii) social position
(iii) looks
(iv) mind
Ans: (iii)
The young man is captivated by her physical appearance, specifically her "honey-coloured" hair, rather than her true self or inner qualities.
(c) Name the poem and the poet.
View AnswerAns: The poem is called 'For Anne Gregory' and the poet is W.B. Yeats.
(d) According to the poet, the lady wants the young man to love her for _____.
View AnswerAns: According to the poet, the lady wants the young man to love her for 'herself' and not just her outlook.
Ans: The poet in the poem 'For Anne Gregory’ conveys that we should give importance to the inner beauty and not the physical appearance, and this is evident from the conversation that takes place between Anne and the speaker in the poem. The speaker says to Anne that her beautiful looks and honey-coloured hair can make men fall in love with her any given day. However, they shall never look past her outer appearance and take notice of her inner beauty or get to know the real Anne. Hence, the speaker is sure that no man would love her when her looks fade away. They will love her only for her gorgeous yellow hair. Anne points out that physical appearance is changeable and thus, secondary. She says that her looks can change, and so can the colour of her hair, for instance she can change it to brown or carrot, but she will remain the same person on the inside. She feels therefore, men should not love her for her superficial looks, they should learn to love the person that she is underneath her surface.
(a) Who is speaking these lines?
View AnswerAns: The speaker is Anne Gregory, friend of the poet.
(b) Why are young men in despair?
View AnswerAns: The young men are in despair because they are in love with the speaker, but she does not respond.
(c) What is the antonym of the word 'despair'?
View AnswerAns: The antonym of the word 'despair' is 'hope'.
Q6: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follows: (Al 2017)
"Never shall a young man.
Thrown into despair
By those great honey-coloured
Ramparts at your ear.
Love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair."
(a) Whom are these lines addressed to?
View AnswerAns: These lines are addressed to Anne Gregory.
(b) What would throw a young man into despair?
View AnswerAns: The great honey-coloured ramparts at the lady's ear would throw a young man into despair.
(c) What does the word 'ramparts' here mean?
View AnswerAns: The word 'ramparts' here refers to the lock of hair at the lady's ear.
Q7: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follows: (Foreign 2017)
"I heard an old religious man
But yesternight declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair.”
(a) Whom are these lines addressed to?
View AnswerAns: These lines are addressed to the lady.
(b) What has the old religious man declared?
View AnswerAns: The old religious man declared that he had found a text to prove that only God could love the lady for herself alone and not her yellow hair.
(c) What does 'a text' mean here?
View AnswerAns: 'A text' here refers to a religious book.
(a) Who is the speaker of these lines? Who is he speaking to?
View AnswerAns: The speaker of these lines is a young man. He is speaking to the lady.
(b) What does the young man mean by 'honey-coloured ramparts'?
View AnswerAns: The young man means that the lady's blonde hair, which adds to her beauty, can be a source of despair for him.
(c) What does the word 'despair' mean?
View AnswerAns: The word 'despair' refers to a state of hopelessness.
"I heard an old religious man
But yesternight declare
That he had found a text to prove
That only God, my dear,
Could love you for yourself alone
And not your yellow hair."
(a) What does 'I' refer to here?
View AnswerAns: 'T' refers to the old religious man.
(b) How is God's love different from the love of the young lovers?
View AnswerAns: God's love is different from the love of the young lovers because God loves the lady for herself alone, while the young lovers love her for her yellow hair.
(c) Which word in the extract means 'a religious book'?
View AnswerAns: The word 'text' in the extract means 'a religious book'.
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